Paul Price, a veteran of the Chapel Hill music scene during the ’80s and ’90s and a founding member of local indie rock mainstay Lud, passed away Sunday night at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 59. Price began playing in beach music outfits as a teenager and made an impact on the Triangle […]
Jordan Lawrence
Bio: After seven years in the Triangle, Jordan Lawrence followed his fiancée and their fluffy cat to Greensboro. He has written about music for the INDY since 2010.Twitter: http://twitter.com/JordanLawrence
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The Mountain Goats announce new LP, Transcendental Youth
The new album from Durham’s Mountain Goats has a name and a release date. Transcendental Youth comes out Oct. 2 via Merge Records. That’s the album cover above. I have heard none of the music, but Transcendental Youth strikes me as a perfect Mountain Goats title. Indeed, there’s a kind of transcendental youth at the […]
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Hammer No More the Fingers’ seismic celebration
Photo by Jordan LawrenceShaking it up: Duncan Webster leads Hammer No More the Fingers Hammer No More the FingersKingsJuly 6, 2012 I’ll admit it. I was scared. In the final throes of Hammer No More the Fingers‘ Friday set at Raleigh’s Kings Barcade — a performance that was as energetically played as it was received […]
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Hiss Golden Messenger unveils video for “Blue Country Mystic”
Included in the album art for Poor Moon — the wonderful 2011 LP from Durham’s Hiss Golden Messenger — is a picture of main man M.C. Taylor guiding his toddling son Elijah through the woods. Barefoot with a straw hat covering his face, Taylor smiles as his first born explores a little further up the […]
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Bulked-up Beast dazzles at Motorco
Photo by Jordan LawrenceA bigger Beast The Beast + Big BandMotorco Music HallJune 6, 2012 The Beast is, without doubt, one of the strongest live acts in North Carolina. In this particular case, I’m not talking about instrumental chops or songwriting wit, although the Durham hip-hop-and-jazz four-piece has more than its fair share of both. […]
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One Megafaun cover you’ll love to hate
I sincerely doubt the creators of YouTube originally intended it to be inundated by videos like the one at the top of this post. But the reality is that funny(?) keyboard cats, crotch shots and awkward singers rule this medium, and Bryce McCormick is a solid example of the kind of material that racks up […]
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Durham hip-hop hybridizers The Beast transform for a special show
The Beast and their collaborators play Duke Performances Wednesday, June 6, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5–$12, with children ages 12 and under allowed in for free. [This article has been amended.] A quick spin through the catalog of Durham hip-hop band The Beast should suggest a larger ensemble than the tight, tenacious quartet that […]
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Baudelaire in a Box explores gross beauty with paint and song
The Baudelaire in a Box series visits The ArtsCenter in Carrboro Friday, May 25, at 8:30 p.m. for $10–$14; The Pinhook in Durham Saturday, May 26, at 9 p.m. for $8–$10; and The Pour House in Raleigh Sunday, May 27, at 8 p.m. for $9–$12. Visit theateroobleck.com for more details. In an English translation of […]
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Red Collar magic saves evening at Motorco
Photo by Jordan LawrenceJason Kutchma: one more boy, one more dream Red CollarMotorco Music HallMay 19, 2012 At the end of his short performance just before Red Collar took the stage Saturday, beloved Raleigh entertainer Magic Mike Casey reminded his audience of one of the most persistent rules in his craft: Great tricks have three […]
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‘Baudelaire in a Box’ comes to the Triangle
In the spring of 2010, Chicago-based artist and theater wiz Dave Buchen executed the first edition of Baudelaire in a Box. He and his songwriter friend Chris Schoen adapted some of the notable wine poems of famously macabre 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire, setting them to music and illustrating them with scrolling images that […]
